THE GARWOOD FOUNDATION
Registered charity 272905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CROYDON SUTTON AND DISTRICT SPASTICS SOCIETY
The Foundation provides a wide range of services for local people with disabilities, their families and carers, by the provision of a school, a registered residential home and a day centre. The Foundation provides a welfare support service for the children and adults and their families and carers, liasing in these matters with various relevant statutory support bodies.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state a consolidated surplus of £788,937 for the year, with total income of £4,295,319 against total expenditure of £3,450,131. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,446,630, which the trustees confirm is in line with their policy of maintaining liquid reserves equivalent to at least three months of operating costs. The primary long-term risk identified is reliance on local authority funding, which is mitigated by not being dependent on any single authority.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: minimum of 3 months of operating costs (held: £4.4m)
“The Foundation looks to ensure that at any given time there are liquid reserves available of a minimum of 10% of annual turnover and this being a minimum of 3 months of operating costs.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Bryden Johnson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Garwood Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: The Garwood Foundation — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 23/08/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£35k
Reported reserves equal ~19.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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- Jean Garwood House: Good (24/09/2022) · CQC record
- FRANK NEWTON
- Gary Terence Merrick
- Ian Trumper
- JACKIE MARY SANDERS
- Keith Minear
- Richard Bateman · trustee of 1 other charity
- Richard Mark Bedford Oakes
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Croydon · Lambeth · Merton · Surrey · Sutton · Tower Hamlets
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE GARWOOD FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state a consolidated surplus of £788,937 for the year, with total income of £4,295,319 against total expenditure of £3,450,131. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,446,630, which the trustees confirm is in line with their policy of maintaining liquid reserves equivalent to at least three months of operating costs. The primary long-term risk identified is reliance on local authority funding, which is mitigated by not being dependent on any single authority. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bryden Johnson Limited.
Who funds THE GARWOOD FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GARWOOD FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE FOYLE FOUNDATION, THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST, THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION.
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